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Absurdistán par Gary Shteyngart
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Absurdistán (édition 2008)

par Gary Shteyngart (Auteur), Ramón De España (Traducteur)

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"With the enormous success of the critically acclaimed The Russian debutante's handbook, Gary Shteyngart established himself as one of the most talented writers of his generation. Open Absurdistan and meet our hero, the outsize Misha Vainberg, son of the 1,238th-richest man in Russia, lover of large portions of food and drink, lover and inept performer of rap music, and lover of a South Bronx Latina whom he longs to rejoin in New York City, if only the American INS will grant him a visa. It won't, because Misha's late beloved Papa whacked an Oklahoma businessman of some prominence; now Misha is paying the price of exile from his adopted American homeland. He's stuck in Russia, dreaming of his beloved Rouenna and the Oz of NYC.… (plus d'informations)
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Titre:Absurdistán
Auteurs:Gary Shteyngart (Auteur)
Autres auteurs:Ramón De España (Traducteur)
Info:[Madrid] Alfaguara [2008]
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Mots-clés:821.111-3(73)"21" Literatura en lengua inglesa. Novela y cuento. Estados Unidos de América. Siglo XXI

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One of the best, not to mention funniest movies of last year was Borat. It was an hilarious satire of Christians, Moslems and Jews told from the point of view of a bizarre but lovable Muslim, from the imaginary village of Kuzcek in Kazakhstan( a real former Soviet republic bordering on the Caspian Sea). Well Absurdistan is an hilarious satire of Christians, Moslems and Jews told from the point of view of a bizarre but lovable, U. S. educated, Russian born Jew, stuck in Absurdistan. An imaginary former Soviet republic bordering on the Caspian Sea. Half way through this novel I couldn't help but wonder how cool it would be if Sacha Cohen and Gary Shteyngart got together and made a sequel to Borat in which these two fascinating characters went head to head, and created the kind of havoc only they can. ( )
  kevinkevbo | Jul 14, 2023 |
Farce and satire blended together into a dark mix.
An excellent read for a certain type of reader who
has good mix of cynicism and knowledge of world history.
If you don't, please skip this book and go read about zombies. ( )
  Steve_Walker | Sep 13, 2020 |
The runner-up of the 2007 Morning News Tournament of Books (https://themorningnews.org/tob/2007/) In my opinion, 'Absurdistan' was ROBBED from winning against the drab McCarthy confusion that is 'The Road'. I would have chosen Absurdistan! Could this match-up have been any different? I'm finding I like books about unlikable underdogs more than other readers seem to. Others just can't hang with Zebra from 'Call Me Zebra'. Misha here isn't quite unlikable but he would sometimes be a bit MUCH for others. Always talking about his squishy hands. Sometimes plotless, but I love a writer who is in love with words this much and will forgive such a plot, but I guess that is the norm for absurdist fiction. The "pizza resistance" mention was the pizza resistance of this entire book!!! I won't say more, as you'll either love this book or you won't.
This reminds me of so many, though none can have that Shteyngart sparkle:
Call Me Zebra - Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi
A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole
Home Land - Sam Lipsyte
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao - Junot Diaz
Wise Blood - Flannery O'Connor ( )
1 voter booklove2 | Sep 3, 2020 |
Meh ( )
  Kelmanel | Apr 17, 2020 |
2.5 stars. Shteygart's strong writing was really the only thing that kept me reading. I enjoyed his other two novels much more than this one. ( )
  AaronJacobs | Oct 23, 2018 |
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Like a victorious wrestler, this novel is so immodestly vigorous, so burstingly sure of its barbaric excellence, that simply by breathing, sweating and standing upright it exalts itself.
 
In the end Misha gives new meaning to that archetype of Russian literature — the "superfluous man" — while Mr. Shteyngart's novel manages to seem equally beside the point.
 

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"With the enormous success of the critically acclaimed The Russian debutante's handbook, Gary Shteyngart established himself as one of the most talented writers of his generation. Open Absurdistan and meet our hero, the outsize Misha Vainberg, son of the 1,238th-richest man in Russia, lover of large portions of food and drink, lover and inept performer of rap music, and lover of a South Bronx Latina whom he longs to rejoin in New York City, if only the American INS will grant him a visa. It won't, because Misha's late beloved Papa whacked an Oklahoma businessman of some prominence; now Misha is paying the price of exile from his adopted American homeland. He's stuck in Russia, dreaming of his beloved Rouenna and the Oz of NYC.

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